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The use of master, slave, and client are different depending on what part of the federation you are referencing so the following terms will be used:

  • Instance
    • XDMoD instance that contains a single copy of data (job_records, job_tasks etc…)
    • Federated Slave
    • Tungsten Master
  • Hub
    • The Federated server that contains data (job_records, job_tasks, etc…) from all members of the federation
    • Tungsten Staging Server
    • Federated Master
    • Tungsten Slave